Strong's Lexicon
G1218 — δῆμος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1218 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δῆμος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1210 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | demos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | day`-mos |
| Meaning: | 1. the public (as bound together socially) |
| KJV Renderings: | people |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δῆμος, δήμου ὁ, the people, the mass of the people assembled in a public place: Act 12:22; Act 19:33; ἄγειν (R G), εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τόν δῆμον: Act 17:5 (L T Tr WH προάγειν); Act 19:30. (From Homer down.) [SYNONYMS: δῆμος, λαός: in classic Greek δῆμος denotes the people as organized into a body politic; λαός, the unorganized people at large. But in biblical Greek λαός, is used especially of the chosen people of God; δῆμος, on the other hand (found only in Acts) denotes the people of a heathen city. Cf. Trench, § xcviii.; Schmidt, chapter 199.]
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
δῆμος (people)
Acts 12:22
- KJV: And the people gave a shout the voice of a god and not of a man
- GK: ο δε δήμος επεφώνει φωνή θεού και ουκ ανθρώπου
Acts 17:5
- KJV: But the Jews which believed not moved with envy took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort and gathered a company and set all the city on an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason and sought to bring them out to the people
- GK: προσλαβόμενοι δε οι Ιουδαιοι οι απειθούντες των αγοραίων τινάς άνδρας πονηρούς και οχλοποιήσαντες εθορύβουν την πόλιν επιστάντες τε τη οικία Ιάσονος εζήτουν αυτούς αγαγείν εις τον δήμον
Acts 19:30
- KJV: And when Paul would have entered in unto the people the disciples suffered him not
- GK: του δε Παύλου βουλομένου εισελθείν εις τον δήμον ουκ είων αυτόν οι μαθηταί
Acts 19:33
- KJV: And they drew Alexander out of the multitude the Jews putting him forward And Alexander beckoned with the hand and would have made his defence unto the people
- GK: εκ δε του όχλου προεβίβασαν Αλέξανδρον προβαλλόντων αυτόν των Ιουδαίων ο δε Αλέξανδρος κατασείσας την χείρα ήθελεν απολογείσθαι τω δήμω
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